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Meanings of
bur
in English
Catalan
eriçó
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Seed or dry fruit or infructescence that has hooks or teeth.
burr
Related terms
botanical term
Catalan
eriçó
Usage of
bur
in English
1
He wanted to meet her,
bur
would she want to meet him?
2
The graft now in its third year is bearing one big
bur
.
3
I threw a
bur
upon his coat now-and-then; but none would stick.
4
Curtail a
bur
,
and leave to plague; curtail again, and leave plants.
5
And she stuck to the heralds like a
bur
to a sheep.
6
Have not you often and often clung about her like a
bur
?
7
We take nuts right from the
bur
and put them in the soil.
8
Crane: The Chinese harvest their chestnuts just as soon as the
bur
cracks.
9
Huw didn't know what to do,
bur
just then she returned.
10
Fie on you, Mac,
bur
for the moment you had us fooled there.
11
She loved her son-in-law
bur
what she had to say was for Beth.
12
It was the 'banker man' sticking like a
bur
in the hobo's talk.
13
Del lowered his head and twisted a cuff around to find a
bur
.
14
He had only been a miner for six weeks,
bur
it felt like longer.
15
Again they have carried off
bur
babies to the great white house in Hongkong.
16
It arrived as easily as a
bur
in your fur.
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bur
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
burst bur
bur for
beautiful bur
big bur
brown bur
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Translations for
bur
Catalan
eriçó
Bur
through the time
Bur
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common